Abstract Scope |
Dipole engineering at the nanoscale results in modification of materials like BaTiO<sub>3</sub> from ferroelectric, to diffuse phase, to relaxor-like properties using the lowest substitution levels of any known ferroelectric material system. Such low level substitutions are important toward material sustainability and development of impactful material properties without use of Pb. Dipole engineering at the nanoscale affords both scientific and engineering tools for investigating, developing and tailor design engineering material properties. The new simple material model (NSMM) is reviewed and used to improve our scientific understanding of novel dipole engineered relaxor-like materials. NSMM is shown to be a reliable tool for tailor engineering of properties of dipole engineered materials, including temperature dependent lattice parameter, T<sub>c</sub>, T<sub>m</sub>, diffuseness, etc. |